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Tiger Global launches new investment fund 12/8/25

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

One of the biggest names in the startup ecosystem is launching a new investment fund targeted at a $2.2B raise. We dig into the news, and how the AI boom is transforming the Venture Capital and Megacap investing landscape

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0:00.0

We do have some breaking news on the hedge fund. Tiger Global. Deirdre Bosa has more in today's

0:04.9

tech check. Deirdre. Hey, Sarah. So in a letter to investors that I obtained from a source, Tiger

0:10.0

Global says it's launching a new private investment fund similar in size to its earliest vintages.

0:16.3

Now, Tiger was part of that mega fund frenzy of 2020 and 2021 when it took positions in OpenAI and Waymo.

0:23.0

Those two companies, they're now leading the current cycle.

0:25.6

In fact, the letter discloses that Waymo is now delivering 450,000 rides per week.

0:31.5

That is nearly double what Waymo last shared in April.

0:34.6

Now, both the letter and the audio from founder Chase Coleman's call

0:38.1

with investors, which I also obtained, point to a strategic reset, a more disciplined,

0:42.8

restrained Tiger Global, less sprained prey approach, which marked that 2020 and 2021 years and

0:48.6

more targeted bets. Now, the largest positions in the last fund, as I mentioned, OpenAI

0:53.4

in Waymo, Tiger first invested, Open AI in Waymo.

0:59.7

Tiger first invested in Open AI in 2021 at evaluation of less than $16 billion.

1:02.8

And in Waymo, that same year, at $39 billion.

1:06.1

So those are stakes that today sit at massive paper gains.

1:08.8

Now, those investments have also helped performance rebound.

1:11.5

Year to date, Tiger's most recent fund,

1:17.3

according to a presentation that I viewed, is up 33 percent a comeback from those declines of the last few years. But guys, amidst market concerns about an AI bubble, the letter and the

1:22.9

audio, they also signaled some concern. The letter says the firm believes that we are in the early

1:28.0

stages of a multi-decade AI value creation cycle, but that it's approaching that shift with

1:32.9

humility and discipline. Now, it explicitly warns that valuations today are elevated and, quote,

1:38.7

at times unsupported by company fundamentals. So the strategy that Coleman lays out now is simple.

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